Bottle.



No. 824,447. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

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BOTTLE.

APPLIGATION FILED APB-.18, 190a.

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BOTTLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 26, 1906.

Application filed April 18, 1906. Serial No. 312,359.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM FULLER SMART, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bottles, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

' This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in bottles and similar receptacles; and the invention relates more particularly to that type of bottle commonly known as a non-refillable bottle.

The invention has for its primary object the provision of novel means in connection with a bottle to prevent the bottle from being refilled after it has once been used. To this end I have devised a simple and inexpensive form of bottle which cannot be surreptitiously opened and then refilled. In this connection my invention aims to eliminate the nefarious practice of some merchants in refilling bottles of popular brands of liquids with a cheaper product and disposing of the same as if the bottle contained the original liquid.

The invention further aims, besides breaking up the fraudulent practice of some merchants, to provide abottle particularly adapted for poisonous liquids or compounds, thus preventing a great many accidents from occurring by the bottles being used again for other liquids or compounds.

Further, the invention aims to provide a simple and inex ensive non-refillable bottle highly efiicient for the various purposes for which it can be used.

With the above and other objects in view, which will more readily appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combinati on, and arrangement of I arts to be hereinafter more fully describe and claimed, and, referring to the drawings accompanying this application, like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which- Figure 1 is a vertical fragmentary sectional view of a bottle constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the same, illustrating the neck of the bottle detached therefrom. Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of the same. Fig. 4 is a similar view illustrating the manner of emptying the bottle. Fig. 5 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line :0 0c of Fig. 1.

portion 2 is provided with an annular enlargement 4 and with an interior horizontally-arranged annular groove 5, the object of which will be presently described. The upper end of the neck portion 2 is flanged, as at 6, to strengthen and protect the upper end of the neck portion 2 of the bottle 1.

In the neck portion 2 of the bottle 1 is mounted an auxiliary stopper or closure 7, having a rounded or suitably-ornamented upper end 8. The stopperor closure 7 near its lower end is provided with an exterior horizontally-disposed annular groove 9, similar to the groove 5 of the enlargement 4, these grooves registering with one another when the stopper or closure 7 is Within the neck portion 2 of the bottle 1. To retain the stopper or closure 7 within the neck portion 2,'I use a resilient annulus or ring 10, as rubber, said annulus or ring seating in the groove 9 of the stopper or closure and being compressed therein while the stopper or closure is being forced into the neck portion 2 of the bottle, said annulus or ring expanding when the grooves 5 and 9 register.

The stopper or closure 7 is provided with a by-path 11, formed of a bent tapering tube, said by-path extending upwardly from the bottom of the closure or stopper 7 and terminating in the side of said stopper or closure, as clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings.

After the stopper or closure 7 has been placed in the neck portion 2 of the bottle 1 and locked therein by the annulus or ring 10 a conventional form of cork 12 is placed in the upper end of the neck portion 2 of the bottle 1. The neck portion of the bottle 1 is then provided with an angularly-disposed fracture or scratch 14, whereby when the neckportion2 of the bottle 1 is slightly tapped or struck against an object or by a suitable instrument the neck portion 2 will be severed from the bottle 1, thereby exposing the upper end of the stopper or closure 7. The bottle 1 can then be tilted, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawin s, to permit of its contents passing throug the by-path or angular passage 11. I

From the foregoing it will be observed that it will be impossible for the neck portion 2 of the bottle to be replaced upon the same and used without the same being observed or detected. The stopper or closure 7 is preferably made of cork or a similar material, and I desire it to be understood that the stopper or closure can be used in connection with various types of bottles or receptacles other than that illustrated.

Such changes in the construction and operation as are permissible by the appended claims may be resorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a bottle having a neck portion, of an annular enlargement carried by said neck portion and having an interior horizontally-arranged annular groove formed therein, a stopper or closure adapted to fit within said neck portion, said stopper or closure having an exterior horizontallydisposed annular groove formed ad acent its lower end adapted to register with the groove of said enlargement, said stopper or closure having a by-path formed therein normally closed by the neck of said bottle, a cork adapted to fit in the neck of said bottle over said stopper or closure, and means mounted within the groove of said stopper or closure to retain the same within the neck portion of said bottle, substantially as described.

2. The combination with a bottle having a neck portion, of a stopper or closure adapted to fit in said neck portion, said stopper or closure having an angular by-path formed therein, a cork adapted to fit in said neck portion above said stopper or closure, and means to retain said stopper or closure within said neck portion, said bottle-neck being weakened to adapt it to be easily broken, substan tially as described.

In tesimony whereof I aifix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM FULLER SMART.

WVitnesses:

E. E. POTTER, A. H. WILsoN. 

